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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on October 24, 2018?

43 free events take place on Wednesday, October 24 in New York City. Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides! Exciting, high quality, unique and off the beaten path free events and free things to do take place in New York today, tonight, tomorrow and each day of the year, any time of the day: whether it's a weekday or a weekend, day or night, morning or evening or afternoon, December or July, April or November! These events will take your breath away!

New York City (NYC) never ceases to amaze you with quantity and quality of its free culture and free entertainment. Check out October 24 and see for yourself. Summer or Winter, Spring or Fall! Just click on any day of the calendar above and you'll find most inspiring and entertaining free events to go to and free things to do on each day of October . Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides!

Some events take place all year long: same day of the week, same time there are there for you to take advantage of. One of the oldest free weekly events in Manhattan is Dixieland Jazz with the Gotham Jazzmen, which happen at noon every Tuesday. Another example of an event that you can attend all year round on weekdays is Federal Reserve Bank Tour, which takes place every week day at 1 pm (but advanced reservations are required). You can take at least 13 free tours every day of the year, except the New Year Day, July 4th, and the Christmas Day. If you are classical music afficionado, you can spend whole day in New York going from one free classical concert to another. If you love theater, then New York gives you an option to attend plays and musicals free of charge, or at deep discount. You just need to have information about it. And we are here to make that information available to you.
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43 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Wednesday, October 24, 2018

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free events nyc Basson works from 20C
free events nyc Orhan Pamuk's Snow: A Theatrical Adaptation and Conversation with the Nobel Prize-Winning Author
free events nyc Multiple Grammy winning composer performs Afro Latin Jazz
free events nyc The music, history, and culture of New Orleans
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Tour | 13 tours, all City neighborhoods, any time of the day, choose one tour or many


These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows. SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO 3 Hour Lower Manhattan Harlem Chelsea and the High Line 6 Hour Downtown Combined Greenwich Village Central Park Lower Manhattan Midtown Manhattan Grand Central Terminal Graffiti and Street Art Tours World Trade Center
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Drawing in the Park


Paint in watercolor, or use pastels, chalk, and charcoal to capture the magical vistas of the Hudson River and the unique landscape. An artist/educator will help participants of all levels with instruction and critique. Art materials provided. Please note that this program is for adult participants (age 18 and up).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Elements of Nature Drawing


Get inspired by the beautiful expanse of the Hudson River and New York Harbor and by the verdant park, with its very special Hot and Cool gardens; each flower-filled and colorful throughout the season. All art materials are provided. Wednesdays through October 31, 2018.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Film | The Enforcer (1951): A black and white film noir with Humphrey Bogart


A crusading district attorney finally gets a chance to prosecute the organizer and boss of Murder Inc. Director: Bretaigne Windust Starring Zero Mostel, Ted de Corsia, Everett Sloane. 87 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
11:15 am
Free

Workshop | Shakespeare: From Page to Stage


The workshop will look at Shakespeare's work as a process that moves from page to performance, exploring the methods directors and actors use to analyze, interpret, penetrate, and activate the world of the play. The plays were written and designed for this type of engagement, making for a holistic Shakespeare experience: engaging one's mind, body, and spirit. The workshop will feature a DVD screening of the chosen play. The dates are October 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, and November 7.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:30 am
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Discussion | Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Peng Chun Chang


The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is one of the world's best-known and most translated documents. When it was presented to the UN General Assembly in December in 1948, Eleanor Roosevelt, chair of the writing group, called it a "Magna Carta for all mankind". The passage of time has shown Roosevelt to have been largely correct in her prediction as to the Declaration's importance. No other document in the world today can claim a comparable standing in the international community. This year is also the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Roosevelt and French legal expert René Cassin have often been presented as the principal authors of the UN Declaration. In fact, it resulted from a collaborative effort involving a number of individuals in different capacities. One of its most important authors was Peng Chun Chang (1892-1957), a Chinese diplomat and philosopher whose contribution has been the focus of growing attention in recent years. Indeed, it is Chang who deserves the credit for the universality and religious ecumenism that are now regarded as the Declaration's defining features. Despite this, Chang's extraordinary contribution was overlooked for many years by historians of the Declaration. Peng Chun Chang was a modern-day Renaissance man with many strings to his bow - teacher, scholar, university chancellor, playwright, diplomat, and politician. The purpose of this seminar is to discuss the relevance of Peng Chun Chang's thoughts for the world today and his important contributions to the Universal Declaration.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Classical Music | Bach at Noon


The organ works of J.S. Bach (1685-1750) offered in 30-minute meditations. Bach at Noon concerts take place every Tuesdays through Fridays, from September 11, 2018 to May 22, 2019.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:20 pm
Free

Author Reading | When’s Happy Hour?: Work Hard So You Can Hardly Work


Chock-full of practical tips, Jordana Abraham, Samantha Fishbein and Aleen Kuperman's When’s Happy Hour? will cover topics like how to get a job, best practices for advancing in your career, what to know about starting your own company, insights into the dynamic between men and women in the office, and generally just how to be a straight-up BOSS. Basically, if you’re a woman in today’s workforce, this one’s for you–and all your friends.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Classical Music | Basson works from 20C


Alexandra Kapilian, bassoon. Program Paul Hindemith (1895 – 1963) Bassoon Sonata Saint-Saëns (1835–1921) Bassoon Sonata, Op. 168 Willson Osborne (1906-1979) Rhapsody for Bassoon Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Summer Music for Wind Quintet About the Program This program features shifting methods in technical and stylistic bassoon composition throughout the 20th century, what Alexandra Kapilian wishes to describe as "The 20th Century Bassooniverse." Her wind quintet will join her on the last piece. The quintet includes Aimee Toner, flute; Nate Barshay, clarinet; Cianci Melo-Carrillo, horn and Joel Roches, oboe.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Battery Park City Adult Chorus


Directed by Church Street School for Music and Art, the BPC Chorus is open to all adults who love to sing. Learn a mix of contemporary and classic songs, and perform at community events throughout the year.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Tour | Federal Reserve Bank Tour


Learn about central banking functions that Federal Reserve System performs and see Bank's vault of international monetary gold on bedrock of Manhattan Island, five stories below street level. Learn why Federal Reserve has "Federal" in its name, while it's a private bank, not Federal at all. Tour times: 1:00pm, 2:00pm. This tour takes place Mondays through Fridays, except bank holidays.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Lunchtime Meditation


Take a mid-day pause to refresh your mind and re-establish your center in the midst of bustling city life. Meditation is a powerful tool to eliminate stress, to heal the body, mind, and brain, and to enhance your personal well-being and positive relationship with the world.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Film | Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960): Nominated for 4 Oscars


A Phoenix secretary steals $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother. Starring Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles. 109 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Southern Park Welcome Tour


An introduction to some of the southern Park highlights, including Grand Army Plaza, the Pond, Gapstow Bridge, Wollman Rink, Chess and Checkers House, and the Dairy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Workshop | Figure Al Fresco Outdoor Drawing Class


Challenge your artistic skills by drawing the human figure. Each week a model will strike both long and short poses for participants to draw. Artists/educators will offer constructive suggestions and critique. Wednesdays, July 11-October 31, 2018.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Classical Music | Master Class with a flutist who worked with Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles and more


Globally renowned as the supreme interpreter of the classical flute repertoire, Sir James Galway has collaborated on film soundtracks such as The Lord of the Rings, and partnered such popular artists as Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Joni Mitchell and Sir Elton John. With over 30 million recordings sold worldwide, extensive international touring, frequent television appearances, tireless promotion of the arts and his passionate work in music education, Galway has been a household name for decades. His expressive interpretations of the flute literature span an extensive range of genres, from classical masterworks to high profile commissions, and provide the benchmark standard for all modern flautists.The diversity of Galway’s repertoire reflects his impressive musical range, and has served to establish him as an artist of the very highest stature.
   New York City, NY; NYC
3:00 pm
Free

Opening Reception | Quotidian: Reflecting the Everyday


This is Hiejin Yoo's first solo exhibition in New York. Quotidian, meaning of or occurring every day, reflects Hiejin's practice of allowing the viewer to see behind their own curtains; daily activities, mundane tasks and peaceful moments alone or with a loved one. Originally from South Korea, Hiejin Yoo recently was in group exhibitions at Paul Kasmin Gallery and Almine Rech Gallery, London. She lives and works in Los Angeles.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | The Un-Heroic Act: Representations of Rape in Contemporary Women’s Art in the U.S.: Artists' Tour


The evening starts with a tour of the exhibition with curator Monika Fabijanska. Artists Angela Fraleigh and Roya Amigh discuss what means artists employ to tell personal stories.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Screening | Experimental Intimacies: The Films of Eva Stefani


Eva Stefani has made over 30 films exploring the complexities, contradictions, joys, and hardships of life in the margins in contemporary Greece. Her observational documentaries have engaged with a wide swath of Greek society — immigrants and emigrants, street vendors, poets, sex workers, artists, orphans, the sick and the elderly, the incarcerated — always with the same care, gentle humor, and humble eye that reflect the deep intimacy she builds with her subjects. A sharper critical edge characterizes her experimental films, which often make subversive use of archival footage, to tangle with larger questions of ancient heritage, national symbols, and gendered experience. In this screening, Stefani returns to show a selection of short- and medium-length films, spanning over 20 years, exploring womanhood and the female body.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lecture | Home Rule: National Sovereignty and the Separation of Natives and Migrants


The University of Hawaii's Nandita Sharma will shed light on how people who have been constituted as either Natives or as Migrants are largely seen to be separate, discrete and, increasingly, as naturally opposed. The separation of people in these two political categories rests on the premise that one is wholly unrelated to the other and, more importantly, that both should remain so. Sharma intends to bring Natives and Migrants into the same field of analysis in order to examine how they both exist within the same global field of power known as postcoloniality and, crucially, how this field of power rests upon their analytic and political separation.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lecture | Material Political Economies


A ‘material political economy’ is an ordering of the material world that is economically consequential and to which there are actual or potential alternatives. After motivating this idea by drawing on the work of the medieval historian Marc Bloch, Professor Donald MacKenzie of the University of Edinburgh will explore the contours of two important current material political economies: ultrafast high-frequency trading, and bitcoin mining.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lecture | Richard M. Rorty and the Trump Years: On the 20th Anniversary of Achieving Our Country: Leftist Thought in Twentieth-Century America


Just days after the 2016 presidential election a good deal of attention was given to Richard M. Rorty’s book, published in 1998, for those passages that seemed to predict the rise of Donald J. Trump and his stunning election to the presidency. Those passages, though sketchy, seem to provide a tenable explanation for such an unlikely series of events in American politics. With: David E. McClean, Department of Philosophy, Rutgers University-Newark
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Spiral Music: Sounds from the Himalayas and South Asia


Spiral Music presents acoustic music at the base of the museum’s spiral staircase. Artists who specialize in music from the Himalayas and South Asia are invited to forge a connection between their music and the art in the galleries. This week Tristan Pollack and Michael Larocca are invited to forge a connection between their music and the art in the galleries.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Discussion | What’s Left Behind: Artists, Archives, and the Preservation of a Legacy


A discussion with: Pellom McDaniels III, Emory University Grace Aneiza Ali, New York University
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lecture | Writing Your Family History


Learn the different types of family history writing styles and explore the writing manuals that will match your writing style. Explore the history of the places where your family lived, learn tips for creating a cohesive narrative, and why writing a family history is the ultimate goal of genealogy research.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Film | Checks and Balances (2015): The Algerian Independent Press


Algerian documentary filmmaker Malek Bens­maïl set up his camera in the news­room of the famous daily paper El Watan, the spea­rhead of the Alge­rian inde­pendent press, to film the proce­dures and thought processes behind jour­na­lism during the last presi­den­tial elec­tion. Accom­mo­da­ted since Alge­ria’s Bloody Decade of the 1990’s in the “House of the Press,” the jour­na­lists of the famous daily news­pa­per El Watan await the comple­tion of their new offices, a symbol of their inde­pen­dence. Director: Malek Bensmaïl 97 min. Followed by a discussion with the director.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Video | Hic et Nunc/Here and Now: Videos by 7 Woman Artists


This show is a call on the individual to become aware of our course forward on Earth. The seven women artists awaken through their videos the necessity of an essential change, one that’s stirred from deep within the self, but evolves outward in search of its role to effect.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Moral Combat: Women, Gender, and War in Italian Renaissance Literature


The Italian sixteenth century offers the first sustained discussion of women’s militarism since antiquity. Across a variety of genres, male and female writers raised questions about women’s right and ability to fight in combat. Treatise literature engaged scientific, religious, and cultural discourses about women’s virtues, while epic poetry and biographical literature famously featured examples of women as soldiers, commanders, observers, and victims of war. With author Gerry Milligan.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Rated Agency: Investee Politics in a Speculative Age


Michel Feher’s new book describes the extraordinary shift in conduct and orientation—among companies, governments, and individuals—generated by financialization.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | TR's Last War: the tumultuous last years of Theodore Roosevelt


On his death bed he reflected, “I promised myself that I would work up to the hilt until I was sixty, and I have done it. I have kept my promise...” Highlighting the 1916 presidential campaign, America’s entry into the Great War in 1917, his fury surrounding Woodrow Wilson’s presidency, and his own sons going off to fight, TR's Last War captures the state of American politics and paints a portrait of an indomitable spirit. Author David Pietrusza will be joined in conversation by Kevin Fitzpatrick, author of World War One New York: A Guide to the City’s Enduring Ties to the Great War.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
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Talk | A History of Couplehood


Author and psychoanalyst Éric Smadja will discuss the fundamental psychological and sociological characteristics of contemporary couples with Princeton University professor Rubén Gallo, based on Smadja’s latest book, The Couple: A Pluridisciplinary Approach (Routledge). Our speakers will explore and question the connection between the modern-day couple and contemporary societies, combining psychoanalytic and sociological approaches.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Staged Reading | Orhan Pamuk's Snow: A Theatrical Adaptation and Conversation with the Nobel Prize-Winning Author


Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Orhan Pamuk called Snow “my first and last political novel.” Set in the small city of Kars in northeastern Turkey, it tells a story of violence and tension between political Islamists, soldiers, secularists, and Kurdish and Turkish nationalists. An international sensation, the novel has been adapted for the stage in France by Blandine Savetier and Waddah Saab and translated by Taylor Gaines. After an American premiere staged reading, Pamuk joins in conversation with Frank Hentschker, executive director of the theater center.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
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Book Club | An Absolutely Remarkable Thing: An Overnight Celebrity


In his much-anticipated debut novel, Hank Green spins a sweeping, cinematic tale about a young woman who becomes an overnight celebrity before realizing she's part of something bigger, and stranger, than anyone could have possibly imagined.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Club | An Absolutely Remarkable Thing: An Overnight Celebrity


In his much-anticipated debut novel, Hank Green spins a sweeping, cinematic tale about a young woman who becomes an overnight celebrity before realizing she's part of something bigger, and stranger, than anyone could have possibly imagined.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Club | An Absolutely Remarkable Thing: An Overnight Celebrity


In his much-anticipated debut novel, Hank Green spins a sweeping, cinematic tale about a young woman who becomes an overnight celebrity before realizing she's part of something bigger, and stranger, than anyone could have possibly imagined.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Don't Hide the Madness: William S. Burroughs in Conversation with Allen Ginsberg


The event features readings from the book and storytelling about legendary Beat icons from key collaborators and associates. Featured performers include Steven Taylor, editor of the book; Peter Hale, Ginsberg Archives executor; Hal Willner, revered NYC music producer; and Steve Dalachinsky, internationally-renowned poet and Beat associate.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Staged Reading | Honky: Race and Advertising


In Greg Kalleres's play, a black teenager is shot for his “Sky Max” shoes. Sales triple among white teens. Are ghetto-glorifying commercials to blame or the CEO that only sees dollar signs? Either way, a new cure for racism promises to solve everything and advertises, “If you don’t think you need it, you’re probably a racist!” Honky is a darkly comedic look at five people, white and black, as they navigate the murky waters of advertising, race, romance and basketball shoes.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | What It Means to Write About Art: Interviews with Art Critics


Equal parts oral history and analysis of craft, Jarrett  Earnest’s new book offers an unprecedented overview of American art writing. His wide-ranging conversations with critics, historians, journalists, novelists, poets and theorists illustrate different ways of writing, thinking and looking at art.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Lecture | Dead Presidents: A Lexicon of Land, Race and Nation


Mabel Wilson’s lecture will center on themes underlying Tali Keren and Alex Strada's silent film Save the Presidents. The United States draws its core mythologies, like Winthrop’s “shining city on a hill,” from the land. As Europeans conquered the fecund wilderness of the New World, colonizers turned land into “property” by violently displacing indigenous peoples and enslaving Africans to cultivate its bounty. This ensured that white settlers before and after the American Revolution would gain in wealth as well as grow in number.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Jazz | Multiple Grammy winning composer performs Afro Latin Jazz


New School Studio Orchestra; Arturo O'Farrill, composer. Composer and pianist Arturo O'Farrill earned a first Grammy Award nomination in 2006. His next album Song for Chico, earned a GRAMMY Award for Best Latin Jazz Album in 2009. The 2015 release of The Offense of the Drum was yet another Grammy Award winner. His acclaimed album Cuba: The Conversation Continues (on the Motéma label) took the 2016 Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album. His "Three Revolutions" from the album Familia - Tribute to Chico and Bebo was the 2018 Grammy Award winner Best Instrumental Composition.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Telling Elders’ Stories: 4 Chinese-American Authors


How do we document our first-generation elders’ histories, and the stories of the vanishing communities they grew up in? At this event, Chinese-American writers use an innovative mix of memoir, oral history, and intergenerational storytelling to do just that. Hear a special presentation from 86-year-old author Fay Hoh Yin, who began writing about three generations of her trailblazing family over 20 years ago but only published last year, with the help of her daughter and editor, Monona Yin. Open City Fellow Huiying B. Chan will share writing based on their oral histories with Chinese Cuban grandmothers in Havana from their year traveling to Chinatowns around the world, and journalist Eveline Chao will share the story of Pearl Chow, who grew up in one of the first Chinese-American households in Flushing in the 1940s.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Talk | The music, history, and culture of New Orleans


Celebrate the music, history, and culture of New Orleans as narrated by two of the city’s great leaders: lawyer, author, and former New Orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu and jazz legend Wynton Marsalis. Featuring performances by Juilliard students, this event will explore how culture has infused and shaped the political and social fabric of one of the world’s most vibrant cities.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
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Film | The Sinner: A Man Who Has Executed 1800 Prisoners


The Sinner is a documentary that tells the story of an executioner who has hanged at least 1800 Pakistani prisoners. Jan Masih had never allowed interviews before and passed away earlier this year, making this the only account of his life. The film aims to explore the human at the centre of the abolitionist debate: the executioner. Directors Talia Lugacy and Pacho Velez
   New York City, NY; NYC
8:00 pm
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